What on earth is this... and should it be bought?!

Ramirez

My brother just sent me this pic of a guitar he just found (sorry, really poor pic):



Looks like an 8 string Strat with a bizarre headstock and dodgy looking Squier logo (does it seem to say "Squiers", or is it me?!).The D and G strings are doubled apparently.

mike_l

What is it?

No idea

Should it be bought?

that's what GAS is 

ICBM

A DIY conversion of a stripped Squier Affinity Strat, by the look of it.

And probably not.

randomhandclaps

It's looks like something made by MD Phillips' equally talented arch nemesis.

Ramirez

Cheers. It can stay in the shop!

FX_Munkee

randomhandclaps said:

It's looks like something made by MD Phillips' equally talented arch nemesis.

I reckon it's his "Mr Hyde" side, myself.
Well he has to do something with all those spare machine heads (and holes for that matter).

thermionic

randomhandclaps said:

It's looks like something made by MD Phillips' equally talented arch nemesis.

The guy who converts 6-strings to narrow necked 7-strings for people with delicate, tiny hands and squeezes a humbucker into the bridge position of a Tele?

digitalscream

thermionic said:

randomhandclaps said:

It's looks like something made by MD Phillips' equally talented arch nemesis.

The guy who converts 6-strings to narrow necked 7-strings for people with delicate, tiny hands and squeezes a humbucker into the bridge position of a Tele?

Nah, Mr Phillips clearly had a whole bunch of strings left over after taking them off the other guitars he improved. He had to put them somewhere.

paisleysoul

I've got a barge pole you can borrow.

SNAKEBITE

How much is/was it?

I cannot make out the tag, sorry.

breakstuff

What is it?

Bloody ugly,that's what it is. >:D<

ICBM

SNAKEBITE said:

How much is/was it?

Anything more than about a tenner is too much, and even then it would only be useful as bits for a project. The Affinities have thinner bodies than standard, and the hardware is at the only-just-ok level too.